A baptismal name for a boy
Chariton
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Chariton
Venerable Chariton the ConfessorSeptember 28Monk born at Iconium in Asia Minor, who died in the Judean desert around 350..jpg)
Venerable Chariton of KudinoSeptember 28Founder and first abbot of Chariton Monastery at Kudino near Toropets; died in the sixteenth century.
Venerable Chariton of SyanzhemaOctober 8Abbot of the Savior-Euthymius Monastery at Syanzhema, closed in 1764; died in 1509.- Martyr CharitonSeptember 9A martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr CharitonSeptember 3A martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Chariton of RomeJune 1Martyr of Rome, who suffered for Christ.
- Venerable Martyr Chariton of TiberiopolisNovember 28A monk of Tiberiopolis, commemorated as a martyr in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Chariton the Spiritual FatherA hesychast, confessor and hymnographer of Kavsokalyvia, reposed in 1906; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Chariton of VouleftiriaA Lavra ascetic of the 14th century, listed with Gerontios, contemporary of Gregory of Sinai; venerated, not formally canonized.
- Hieromartyr Chariton ShevchenkoMay 13A priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, killed for the faith in 1938.
- Venerable Chariton of PskovSeptember 28A monastic saint of Pskov, commemorated by the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Martyr Chariton of RomeJune 1
Questions
The name day of Chariton is September 28, the feast of Venerable Chariton the Confessor. It is also kept on October 8, September 9, September 3, June 1, November 28, May 13.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Chariton, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Chariton is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Chariton the Confessor as patron.